Matt's Old School Honda Thread - Not so oldschool... 20/4/13

[avjoe]

yahhoo finally! so whens the beast up and running?

[Chaos]

[lotusboy]

[avjoe]

like all good things then haha

[lotusboy]

nah i've given up saying "'it'll be finished by xyz" always means it takes longer haha

list is getting shorter of whats left to do:
- re-fresh the driveshafts -> re fit
- Fit replacement fuel pump/filter -> install new line in engine bay
- Final wiring sort out/tuck -> plug in engine bay fusebox/injector resistor box
- Acquire new silicon joiner for throttlebody -> sort out all the joiners -> possibly fit intercooler now
- Sort out wiring for oil presure/temp/boost gauges -> fit/mount guages
- Refit front panel / bumper
- Tune

Sooo.. probably another 6 months haha, but hopefully not

[gotvtec]

Moral of the story - good things take time hahah!

Man it's refreshing seeing this level of perfectionism! Love your builds

[lotusboy]

cheers for the positive comments guys, should hopefully get some more time to work on it in the weekend. Forgot to mention exhaust system still needs to go on, new camber top plates need to go in too

[lotusboy]

Got some spare time this weekend to get a bit more done.

Started by looking at the driveshafts I've got

Stripped them down


This was one of the ones that came out...

Because of the angle they're on once lowered, this ones worn the end of the shaft

What it should look like (left)


Have the parts to make two decent ones, just need to arrange some new boots.


Also fitted these to the front, getting camber into these old torsion bar hondas is an issue. So I got the crush tubes in the top hats offset, while also replacing the rubber with nolathane


Also had a bit of a mission finding which shifter linkage to use.. 1500cc and 1600cc are different... and some gypsy sold me a 1600cc with the end cut off


Shifter sorted, Exhaust sorted.. new wheels on


Teaser with new exhaust on, and new wheels

[DURTYEF3]

Nice work matt. Can appreciate how long those wheels must have taken!

Might have to go and send of some bolts of mine, those bolts came up real mint

[Brendan1]

looking good! I cant believe te end got worn off that drive shaft :/

[lotusboy]

Cheers, yea bolts came up good. Next time I'd take heaps rather than just one reasonably small lot. I paid $30 for the ones I got done, but they said would be $50 odd for an entire buckets worth

[lotusboy]

Look what finally arrived!


BC Suspension specially built for the EB 1-2-3 Chassis. Big thanks to the UK 1stgencivic.com club for working together with the UK supplier of BC to get the factory to build some suspension for these old cars! There is virtually nothing else available, so to get a taylor made, height, damper and camber adjustable setup for under 2k is great.



Front comparison


Rear comparison


Got it all in last night, huge improvement, need to set the camber/ride height up though

Next update will hopefully be driveshafts back in the CR-X

[SiRge]

What the f are those tyres on the wheels above!? They look awesome!

[lotusboy]

Dunlop Formula R semi's

[tysonzane]

Good tyres those D98's .

Shocks look awesome!!

[avjoe]

I wish some ones would make some like these for the city

[AccordB20A]

tyres have auckland motorway wall patterns on them!

[MRSCOT]

Got a pic of it Matt with the shocks in? Mine wont be going in PJ yet... Lots to do first. Plus Nelson has no Cert Inspector, have to wait till the guy comes up from Chch I believe.

[lotusboy]

well a day of all round disappointment...

there was no way the 14" volks were working on the EB - with the slicks + factory guards...

Bolt on flares were too ugly - and still require the rear guards to be cut out. Weld on guards too expensive to justify... so for the moment the volks will become the road wheels - and will keep the various 13" wheels with semis / slicks for the track...

Next was this



New adjustables wound right down....

INSUFFICIENT SLAM

[Shady ef9]

ohhh fack.... cut it shorter lol

[lotusboy]

shock body is bottoming out in the mounting sleeve, spring seat is hard up against the mounting sleeve. Looking at options to remount top hats, or run softer springs...

[Chaos]

Gutted...!

[EVIL DA]

Hey Matt, tried sending you a PM but your inbox is full up, let me know once it's cleared and I'll flick you some details.

[lotusboy]

Slow progress lately due to working weekends fml...

But had this one off so got stuck in at the workshop!



EB as it was sitting. Unfortunately the BC's came from the UK with a odd ball spring setup - 7kg front, 3kg rear.... so changed out the rears for some 350lb, and looking to swap the fronts for some 450lb. At the moment looking to buy some longer fronts, as I don't want to run keeper springs if I can avoid it.

Got stuck in and rolled the rear guards after fitting the bcs.

Heat gun + old roll cage section + hammers + patience = win (so long as there's no bog in your guards)

Its mugen..... just not for a civic... think it works


Excuse the shit cellphone and instafag photos

Made some cardboard templates up to get ally plates cut to reinforce the edges of the splitter, so it won't fall off and get run over.


Also finally got around to addressing the fuel issues in the EB (It's always had the original carby fuel tank, which previously, once pressurized sprayed fuel out the breather pipe! And also the tiny carb fuel lines)

New surge tank, high pressure supply pump and alloy mounting plate. Used rubber washers and cap screws to try and limit vibrations from the pump. Plan is to sort new lines tomorrow, and find a low pressure supply pump during the week.

[The_Lorax]

You just put a 1g crx mugen spoiler upside down under the bumper.!!!! Wtf. Nooooooo